Frenchy,
You are quite correct sir, shunning is something quite undesirable, in fact it is unscriptural as well. You mention something about another thread on this subject, not sure if you meant one of mine “Report on meeting with PO”, a few pages down or perhaps some other. The last I saw it had over 500 hits. As reported in that thread, I educating an Elder about how unbiblical the shunning practiced by the Witnesses is, also about the blood issue. I forced him to see my view, the biblical view, that we are instructed to treat someone dis-fellowshipped just like anyone that is a non-member, “as a man of the nations and as a gentile”. Your feelings are dead on, and as you suggested it is really a very uncomplicated issue. Unfortunately, the Watch Tower uses shunning as a very effective control device, and that is something they will not easily give up. My question is, if you and I can see this simple truth, why is it so hard for so many others to see this too?
Freeman